Tag: Afghanistan
Top army commander, 24 others killed in another air crash
An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander. Taliban insurgents…
Taliban bomb maker, wife, 2 kids killed in blast
A Taliban bomb maker, his wife and two children were killed as his device exploded prematurely in his home in…
Election in Afghan province to be delayed for 1 week
Parliamentary elections in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, due to be held on Saturday will be delayed by one…
Blast injures 5 children in Afghanistan
Five people were injured in a blast that rocked Faizabad district in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday, a police…
Bomb blast kills 5 in wedding party
Afghan officials say at least five civilians were killed when in a bomb exploded during a wedding ceremony in eastern…
Afghanistan rejects proposals to privatise war
Afghan officials on Friday reacted angrily to speculation that foreign military contractors could take over training and advising the Afghan…
Afghanistan launches polio vaccination in high-risk provinces
The Afghan Public Health Ministry launched a five-day campaign to give immunity vaccination dose to 6.4 million children under the…
Fresh Polio case detected in Afghanistan
A fresh positive Polio case, affecting a 14-month boy, had been detected in Afghanistan’s Southern province of Kandahar.
At least 20 die as twin blasts hit Afghanistan
A Suicide Bomber blew himself up at a wrestling club in a Shi’ite neighbourhood of the Afghan Capital, Kabul, on…
Afghanistan: U.S. Soldier killed in apparent “insider attack’’
A U.S. Service Member has been killed and another injured in Afghanistan in what the military described as an apparent…
Taliban militants kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on…
Roadside bomb kills 8 in Afghanistan
At least eight civilians, including children, were killed in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Wednesday after their vehicle hit a…
Afghanistan launches polio vaccination campaign
The Afghan Government, with the support of WHO and the UNICEF, on Monday, launched a nationwide five-day campaign to give…
Afghanistan to hold presidential election in April 2019
Afghanistan will hold presidential election on April 20, 2019, six months after parliamentary and provincial council polls, the Country’s Electoral…
Afghanistan attackers take dozens hostage
Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, taking dozens of hostages after a suicide…
Deputy IS commander killed in Afghanistan
Deputy Commander of IS group in the northern region of the war-battered Afghanistan has been killed, the police spokesman in…
Afghanistan: IS militants behead Taliban commander
Militants loyal to the hardliner Islamic State (IS) group captured and beheaded Taliban commander Mullah Burjan on Wednesday, an official…
Afghanistan: 24 Taliban militants killed, 31 injured
Afghan army on Monday said up to two dozen militants were killed after government forces’ helicopter gunships targeted a Taliban…
Suicide Attack: ‘We cannot live here’
Many among Afghanistan’s dwindling Sikh minority are considering leaving for neighbouring India, after a suicide bombing in the eastern city…
Afghanistan: UN humanitarian agency offers fresh fund
The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated 17 million dollars to Afghans affected by drought, the UN Office for the…
Taliban ceasefire: China welcomes Afghanistan decision
China on Tuesday welcomed the Afghan government’s decision to extend a ceasefire with the Taliban, and appreciated its efforts to…
Taliban assure Afghans of bright future
The Taliban on Wednesday assured Afghans of a bright future, once the “American invaders” had left Afghanistan.
U.S to intensify operations against Islamic State militants
The U.S. intends to step up military operations against Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan during a temporary ceasefire between…
Afghanistan: Blast kills 2 at voter registration centre
Authorities on Wednesday said two people lost their lives and two others injured as a blast hit a voter registration…
Over 100 people freed from Taliban prison
Afghan Special Forces have rescued over a hundred prisoners including policemen, women and children from a Taliban prison in southern…
U.S. military kills 50 Taliban leaders in rocket strike
The U.S. Military said 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan’s southern…
Afghanistan, China, Pakistan to step up fight against terrorism
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan agreed to enhance trilateral cooperation, and step up their…
Retaliation! Taliban shuts down 27 schools in northern Afghanistan
Taliban militants in an act of retaliation have closed down 27 primary and secondary schools in the northern province of…
U.S. military strikes Taliban meeting in Afghanistan
U.S. forces in Afghanistan targeted a meeting of Taliban leaders in Musa Qala district of the restive southern Helmand province…
Kidnapped UN staff member, son released in Afghanistan
A member of the UN staff working in Kabul and her son, who were kidnapped in January, have been released,…